Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 12:20 AM 3/30/99 +0200, you wrote: >All humans are naive inductivists. Some just don't acknowledge it. And what is this supposed to mean? That I don't know that I'm basing it on my experience and not on some long-term, side-by-side "objective" comparison test of bodies? I don't even live anywhere near a Contax dealer that stocks them. Why would I feel obligated to give a camera a chance when: 1: I know it does not serve my purposes for my work. (AF is not professionally useable for the kind of work I do. No real direct manual focus. Slow lenses. Sick of beating dead horses). 2: I don't like the viewfinder. (Whinny! Whack!) 3: I already am heavily invested in another system that more suits my needs, and I do not have unlimited funds, time or the inclination to play camera tester instead of making real pictures. (Note: camera testing is a noble pursuit, and done properly can be a major contribution to the photographic world. I am not one of those people, for me it would be playing.) Is that enough? Or am I missing something on this camera that is so outrageously great that I could overlook 1, 2 and especially 3. I'll answer that. No.... ....probably. And I'm comfortable with that. Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch You know how to make God laugh? Make a plan. - Anonymous